Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: ratification of the Driver License Compact. (FE)
Interstate compact Motor vehicle — Drivers license
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill enters Wisconsin into the Driver License Compact, which establishes standards for the treatment and exchange of driver licensing and conviction information and other data pertinent to the licensing process.
The DLC requires all participating states to recognize certain kinds of violations relating mostly to operating motor vehicles and the administrative actions taken in response to those violations, such as suspension or revocation of a person’s operating privilege by the appropriate state agency (DLC code violations). Under the DLC, when a person who is licensed in one state that is a party to the DLC commits a DLC code violation in another party state, the licensing state takes administrative action in response to the violation, based on information provided by the state in which the violation occurred. Any administrative action by a party state is recognized by all other party states. The DLC also generally provides that records concerning a licensed driver are maintained only by the licensing state.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Jacque (R) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D)
22 cosponsors
Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , B. Jacobson (R) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith (D) , Spaude (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D)
Registered lobbying interests · 3
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Full history
- Feb 21, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque, Larson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Andraca, Anderson, Bare, Dittrich, Gundrum, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Miresse, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Roe, Sinicki, Spaude, Subeck, Udell and Behnke
- Feb 21, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Apr 1, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2025 · Senate
Senator Smith added as a coauthor
- Apr 30, 2025 · Senate
Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Representative B. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1